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[Portrait of Lorene Estelle Prater]

Portrait of Lorene Estelle Prater as a baby, wearing a white lace dress and sitting in an ornate chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo states that she is the daughter of Dudley Green Prater. She was born January 13, 1900, in Garden Valley, Texas. Her mother was Eudora "Dora" Elliott.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 24, 1900 (open access)

The Tyler Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 24, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 24, 1900
Creator: Green, L. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wedge-Buckle. (open access)

Wedge-Buckle.

Patent for improvements in wedge-buckles by using a “combination of a stiff plate having wedge-shaped side jaws, of the strap having an inwardly-curved spring portion terminating in projections and flanges which engage the jaws, and adapted to be straightened outwardly in clamping a belt of band between the plate and strap” to (Lines 18-24, p. 2) Illustration is included.
Date: November 27, 1900
Creator: White, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Witt, Silas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus (open access)

Burial Apparatus

Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Spear, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
Date: May 29, 1901
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Hook (open access)

Back-Band Hook

Patent for "a simple and inexpensive construction of hook which is capable of ready and convenient adjustment and with which different articles of cloth, such as may be on hand, may be used as a back-band, and also so formed as to prevent cutting or tearing of the back-band with which it is used and to be quickly and positively clamped in position on the band" (lines 13-21).
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Dump Car (open access)

Gravity Dump Car

Patent for gravity dump-car cheaper in cost and easy in construction and operation.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Swindall, S. M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 6

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 7

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 8

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 9

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 10

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 11

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 12

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 13

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler 1902 Sheet 14

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Tyler in Smith County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1902 (open access)

The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1902

Daily newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 18, 1902
Creator: Green, L. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 190, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1902 (open access)

The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 190, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1902

Daily newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 12, 1902
Creator: Green, L. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History